When the cook is the last to eat
January 16th, 2009
“How does equality NOT get stretched too far? By accepting a little equality and an occasional inequality?
As in we will allow a daughter in law to visit her parents but only twice a year…?Â
As in we will allow the first child to be a baby girl, but second daughters not allowed? Or as in we will permit you to work but we will not help with house work”
The prolific Indian Homemaker has a fantastic post on women who make hot chapaties and wait while the rest of the family eats. A must-read, especially for all those who say that these are “small things”; the IHM explains why it’s not about ‘hot-hot chapatis’.Â
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